The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him,.... That hoards it up for a better price, in hopes of a better market; and does not bring it out, and expose it to sale, when there is a scarcity of it; so the Targum adds, "in famine"; or, "in straits", as the Syriac version; in a time of distress through, famine: this will bring the...
See here, 1. What use we are to make of the gifts of God's bounty; we must not hoard them up merely for our own advantage, that we may be enriched by them, but we must bring them forth for the benefit of others, that they may be supported and maintained by them.
He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it]. (p) That provides for the use of them who are in need.